Charity provides financial aid to schools

China Children and Teenager's Fund and Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, recently jointly initiated a charity program to provide schooling necessities and scholarships for children in poverty-stricken areas. In September, about 7,000 students in Guizhou province benefited from the program, getting 7,000 sets of schooling supplies, books and financial aid that amounted to 50,000 yuan ($8,200). The program also plans to provide more than 5,000 sets of school supplies and 50,000 yuan of financial aid to students in Chongqing this month.